NeumannTLM 103 Large-Diaphragm Condenser Microphone (Mono Set, Nickel)

The famous U87 microphone is an industry standard for voice work. It has switchable pickup patterns because it has two capsules, and costs an arm and a leg. Neumann took one capsule (meaning it's now cardiod-only) and packaged it in this transformerless design, and it costs almost four times less.Not only does it have that gorgeous Neumann sound, and the look and feel of a serious studio mic, but the carry case is beautiful and rugged.Why get the anniversary edition? It's effectively about $50 off of the shock mount, and those puppies are more expensive than you'd think. If you're getting a mic like this you need a good mount anyway, or every tiny thump in the floor is going to be picked up.

I love this Mic for recording rap and pop vocals, but be extremely careful on how your using it with your home studio setup. Its almost to sensitive. You can literally hear birds chirping outside and the sound of the air circulating in the room. Can be a good thing or a bad thing, as long as you make sure you plan ahead and make the correct setting adjustments and use a high pass filter. Some great plug ins that can help with that as well. Also, make sure this is the right mic for you in terms of the type of vocals you plan on recording. I use it for pop and rap vocals, which to me sound great, but others have advised against.

Neumann is a kind of mic that always is a grantee. This diaphragm is one of the best and quality/price is good, specially for not big studios.

Great mike until it ceased working after only 7 months of light in-studio use. In response to my request to Amazon to provide me with manufacturer warranty information, Amazon's emailed reply was as follows: "We looked into your recent request for a copy of the manufacturer's warranty for Neumann TLM103 SET TLM 103 SET w/ EA1 Shockmount and Aluminum Case, but we weren;t able to locate the manufacturer's warranty information for this product. This may mean this item doesn't come with a manufacturer's warranty. Please contact the manufacturer for more information." Thanks a lot for nothing!

Sweet delicious chocolatey buttery wonderment. I've been doing VO and narration full time for about 5 years and I've had this mic for one day and now all I'm doing is regretting the last 5 years of mediocre crap I turned out when I could have just purchased this years ago and been churning out top level audio from day 1. Seriously. This is like driving around in a brand new luxury car after rolling around in a mid-nineties civic for the last 5 years. If you are professional and have the money to invest in your studio but are on the fence, this is a fantastic piece of equipment.

Amazon couldn't help me with the missing adapter and it was going to have to go back to the manufacturer under warranty for them to ship me the piece from Berlin. Uh. I don't have that long to wait to get this mic working, so it's going back untested as I can't even connect it to my hardware. Not really what I expect for parting with that much money. :/

AMAZING mic!!! I'm a full-time voice over artist and was agonizing over this or the 102, but I'm so glad I chose this one. Great, full sound that makes my voice more dynamic than any other mic I've used. Love it

I decided a while ago to upgrade my microphone arsenal. I had just he basics, sm57's 58's, the normal stuff. I did a lot of research and arrived at the TLM103. I got it a few weeks ago and am now in the process of re-recording old songs just because this microphone sounds so much better. It's like I've been driving a Ford Escort around all these years and just got a Cadillac. It's a huge difference, highly recommend it.